Completed 2020
8,500 - 15,700 square feet Programming Study

The City of Boston's Public Facilities Department, in coordination with the Boston Public Library, engaged Oudens Ello Architecture in November 2018 to conduct a study which provides a comprehensive review of the existing Fields Corner Branch Library facility for improved library services and study of the potential for mixed-use development. The study began with an existing conditions analysis of the building, site, services and all systems. Meetings with Boston Public Library representatives to determine operational and service objectives informed the development of a library building program of requirements. Using that program document and the BPL's Compass Principles as a guide, OEA then studied a range of development approaches including renovation of the existing building, new construction of a stand-alone branch library and a mixed-use approach accommodating the new library program at street level with multiple floors of residential units above.

Study 1: One-story Library Renovation

Study 2: Two-story Library

Study 3: Five-story Mixed-use Building with Library and Housing